Have been printing off my digi camera pics onto ordinary 100g white paper. But I would like to improve quality so I guess I should use some photo quality paper. It does seem expensive but do you get what you pay for? So any tips please and where to get. Matt or gloss and weight please. If I get a roll of film developed I ask for gloss. PS I now have a reasonable quality colour printer which will help! Thanks, DL

Sorry - probably should have posted in NSR but if you can advise.....

 

I have a HP Photosmart printer which prints onto 6x4 sheets and I have tried Tescos own brand (very dull effect, horrible), Kodak (not much better) and finally settled on HP premium photopaper (glossy) which gives a very nice print.

 

"HP premium photopaper (glossy) which gives a very nice print."

Thanks for quick answer!! What weight is paper please? David

 

Epson Premium Glossy is my usual photo paper (255g/m2) for both professional and own use. It is expensive but if you have a photo quality printer is worth it. Fuji and Ilford both do premium weight papers which give very similar results to the Epson, but may be slightly cheaper, but the Epson comes in a pack of 100 sheets 6x4 inch which is great for printing pics to go straight into an album.

Any premium photo paper with a weight of 250g/m2 + will feel like proper photographic paper, and most people won't know the difference.

Which ever you use make sure the printer is at its optimum settings.

Hope that helps,

Gareth

 

Just to add....I'd advise glossy finish rather than matte or satin. Glossy papers will tend to give your finished prints a sharper appearance, and the colours will appear a bit stronger and more saturated (ie more colourful ).

Let the prints set for 30mins of so after printing (ideally longer, but it wont matter that much), as the colours will change slightly as the inks dry out totally

Gareth

 

Ilford 310 gram - perect gloss finish - very plastic film feeling (quality).

 

Thanks a lot. I think the kids have nicked my Sony photo printer which takes 6 x 4 so I'll have to nick it back. My main aim (sorry perhaps I didn't make this clear) was to use in my standard colour printer using A4 size maximum. I am not sure what weight card will go through printer - I will ask Samsung. It's a laser so is this significant i.e. should I avoid some paper because of heat? Thanks again, David